All Blog Posts in "Comic Books"
"An Introspective Journey"
June 14, 2013
By Jewel Kats, Guest Contributor
I believe EVERYTHING in life happens for a reason. The good. The bad. The ugly. Without this combination of experiences you wouldn’t be you. I wouldn’t be me.
Fast-forward to today, and you’ll encounter a woman with disabilities who is confident, bold, outspoken, successful and happy to a fault.
I wasn’t always this way.
Kryptonite
April 19, 2012
By Douglas Platt, Museum Curator We all probably have a weakness, a soft-spot or Achilles’ heel; something that renders us vulnerable ….it’s our kryptonite. Even Superman, who could change the course of mighty rivers and bend steel in his bare hands, has his….well, kryptonite. The Museum’s collection contains “The Super-Panhandler of Metropolis” (Action Comics No. 396 -1971) which has a futuristic “1990s” storyline that features Superman/Clark Kent “powerless in a wheelchair” and hounded by g…
Comics Enter The Fight Against Polio Part 2
January 13, 2012
By David LoTempio, Contributor (With assistance from Steven Bennett for additional research) The 1940s were a dangerous and nervous time in America, and not just because of World War II. The nation experienced cyclical and increasingly widespread epidemics of polio during this period. While most people exposed to the virus would fully recover, the disease’s dramatic ability to paralyze or kill the infected left a profound fear through the country. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralys…
Comics Enter the Fight Against Polio
November 9, 2011
By David LoTempio, Contributor (All images researched and provided by Steven Bennett) Polio—scourge of children and microscopic hidden enemy of parents—was a frequent national health issue in America through the first 50 years of the twentieth century. The virus killed 2000 children in New York City alone during the 1916 epidemic and left thousands more paralyzed across the United States. Epidemics during the summer were an annual event. In response to the epidemics plaguing the country, Pre…